Church of the Apostles (Atlanta)


The Church of the Apostles is an American evangelical church located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. The church was founded in 1987 by Michael Youssef, who left Egypt to attend college in Australia and later immigrated to the United States in 1977.

History

The church was started by Youssef and 28 people who held a meeting in a local school in 1987. Before its expansion in the late 1990s, the church had 1,150 members and a capacity to seat 1,500. In 2006 at least 3,000 people attended services and in the then recently completed $70 million brick building.

Facility

The prominent Neo-Gothic building is visible from Interstate 75, just south of the Mt. Paran Road exit. The sanctuary seats 2,800, is high, consists of of space and has over 90 stained glass windows. The west stained glass windows depict the Apostles, and the stairwell and perimeter stained glass windows depict the life of Jesus. The rose window is also notable. The facility also includes a 450-seat chapel, fellowship hall, classrooms, administrative space and a parking garage. The site was the location of the old Allstate Insurance office building.

Ministries

The church currently offers the following ministries to its congregation and attendees: